Chapter 521: The Double Talker

“If Pamela finds out, you’re finished.” Hedy Lamarr intimidated the man, indicating the seriousness of the matter.

“First of all Pamela is currently still in London, the next phase of her work is destined for India to inspect companies of medical biology with relevant talents. So how could she be reading an Egyptian newspaper when she’s on home soil? Even if she reads it, my name is not on it. And even if it did, I wouldn’t admit it, it’s all an Egyptian slur, it’s supposed to be a slur, and you’re not an Arab.”

Allen Wilson paused at this, “And even if she had been passing through Egypt, she would surely have telegraphed beforehand to say so.”

He had long ago instilled in Pamela Mountbatten the pertinent thoughts regarding the question of trust between two people together. Though it wasn’t much of a three-way street, I guess, it could only be said that it was relatively more in favor of the male position.

He will not have a sense of loss because Pamela Mountbatten’s appearance, can not be compared with these female stars. It is a person will be old, may be these actresses will maintain aging a little slower, but ultimately there is also the day of the passing of the wind and splendor. This matter is still clear in his heart.

Although not yet married before, he exists the possibility of being swept away, but how can he guide the Mountbatten family to follow the example of Chang Gong rooted in the U.S. stock market, their own indifference? He wasn’t so strapped for cash as he appeared to be, just so strapped that he would make his fiancée feel secure, and that wasn’t even counting the gold he’d taken out of India.

All in all, Hedy Lamarr’s blackmail of Alan Wilson, while justified, was not yet a crisis.

The news that the two countries, Egypt and Iraq, are vying for dominance of the Arab League has caused a great deal of concern among the people of both countries.

On the one hand Egypt sits on the home field advantage, as well as the number one population size in the Arab world. The Egyptians hope that their king will be able to make Iraq’s insolent request known.

On the other hand, the Kingdom of Iraq holds itself in the first Middle East War contributed greatly, even if it is more than the history of the Iraqis is not the slightest bit false, to Egypt’s insubordination has been made clear.

“Time for a little public opinion manipulation!” Finding his old boss Sir Barron, Alan Wilson said in a consultative tone. The other man was the British commissioner in the Persian Gulf, and the hegemony of British public opinion was all in Sir Barron’s hands.

“I read in some of the papers that the Iraqis gave you a maiden?” Sir Barron, obviously more interested in Alan Wilson’s private life, inquired if there was such a thing.

“Nonsense, just the Egyptians trying to embarrass the Iraqi representative.” Alan Wilson flatly denied, “It just happened to spill over to me, no one will believe such rumors, at least Pamela definitely won’t.”

Sir Barron also felt justified in hearing this, his own assistant shouldn’t be so bold, General Mountbatten wasn’t far away and was fine with showing up at Alexandria Harbor.

Opinion manipulation is invisible, and most people in the world are stupid enough to believe only what they believe. This is why the United States attaches great importance to the hegemony of public opinion.

Of course when it comes to the US itself, the hegemony of public opinion doesn’t always work well, and if the US has been killing and setting fire to people all over the world for decades, no amount of sturdy hegemony of public opinion is going to wash that behavior away.

The UK’s hegemony of public opinion in the Persian Gulf can’t be used on the UK itself, or it would be considered fake news by the locals.

But it’s still easy to use to carry the tempo, and controversies like this one between Egypt and Iraq are extremely well suited to the play of British public opinion there.

Britain, in terms of colonial policy, has never really been interested in partition. British India and British Malaya were colonies that were amalgamated by Britain, and were once just a group of small countries.

The interest in partition came when British India was about to become independent, and among the British forces in the Middle East, Britain was still pursuing the Greater Syria Program in World War II, which aimed to form a federation of Syria, Lebanon, Transjordan, Palestine, and Iraq under British control.

This federation, once it emerged, was bound to override Egypt and Saudi Arabia, which had nothing but a canal. As for Saudi Arabia that is nothing more than Egypt with oil.

Greater Syria will occupy the two river basins with reliable agricultural areas right up to the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, with a population equal to that of Egypt. Definitely the number one power in the Arab world, and Britain didn’t pass up the opportunity after the war, with Nuri Said being Britain’s chosen implementer of the plan.

Of course today, whether they know or do not know the inside story of this plan, it is clear in their hearts that this plan has been aborted. There are many people in the civil society of the Kingdom of Iraq who know about this plan.

With this popular base, it was possible to make some modifications and then let Egypt and Iraq fight a war of public opinion.

The media in both Egypt and Iraq were engaged in an all-out battle over who was more suitable to lead the Arab League.

Egyptian public opinion took pride in the history of ancient Egypt, and Iraq then countered with the Sumerian civilization.

The discovery of Sumerian civilization is, of course, a legacy of Britain idly beating out excavations that have been visible for years. Countries all over the world have now accepted the Sumerian civilization as the oldest civilization. The Sumerian civilization was located in what is now Iraq in the Two River Basin!

It can be said that the Iraqis are not in the least bit vain when it comes to competing in history, and have never thought that the Egyptian pyramids were anything to be proud of.

Though both Egypt and Iraq are now peaceful religious worlds inhabited by Arabs. But of course they are proud of the ancient civilizations that were born on the land they inhabit.

Egypt will be proud of ancient Egypt, Iraqis will be proud of Sumer and Babylon, Iranians will sing the praises of the ancient Persian Empire, it is the Ho Protestants in these countries did not develop and grow.

Otherwise among the rhythms of this wave, Alan Wilson could still provoke these people to question each other’s history. Pyramids that is Napoleon built, Sumerian civilization is the British imitation.

With the progress of the Arab Conference, the claims of all parties are also being disclosed, and those who are concerned about this Arab League meeting can also feel the atmosphere of cooperation and struggle.

Farouk I proposed to rally the forces of the entire Arab world to a diplomatic, economic and military confrontation to get the Jews out of the land of Palestine, while emphasizing, “We will not recognize Israel’s illegal occupation of the land of Palestine, but we have to be mindful of the current international public opinion, and we are indignant at the fact that the European countries are cleansing the Jews of their wrongs, while letting the Arabs indignant at the move to make amends, but in a sense one has to admit one thing, that a military solution is not possible for a short time. But the united Arabs, with their vast land and population, can drag the Jews down. We strengthen ourselves, and then we let the Jews know what to do.”

Farouk I’s stance was supported by the Arab nations, and for this reason quotas were established for the sharing of the nations. An arms race was formulated to make Israel and the supporters behind Israel understand that this confrontation will not be won.

Sir Barron and Alan Wilson looked at each other, almost simultaneously shrugged their shoulders, if there is a choice, the two do not want to do this, but Britain can only support the Arabs, who let the interests on the side of the Arab countries is big. Most of the Middle East is still under the influence of Britain and France, not to seize Israel as a scapegoat, who else can go to catch?

“According to the previous plan, our military forces, contracted to the territory of Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Oman. All of these places are going to establish military bases, of course we also have military bases inside Iraq, but nowadays, we should reduce our presence a little bit, which is also the common meaning of Whitehall.”

Sir Barron nodded and replied, “All of these places are sparsely populated, a bit more so near Oman, but they can also be easily controlled by the British Army, which does allow for great cost savings.”

“Still, it’s easier to talk to a monarchy!” Alan Wilson said lightly, “That’s why sometimes it’s better to help some of the Middle East’s royal families, so that it’s good to do things.”

On the seventh day of the Arab Conference, it was Sir Barron who expressed Britain’s support for the decisions made at this Arab Conference.

But then Alan Wilson came out as the villain, which is his role this time anyway, and the Egyptians all knew already that Prime Minister Nouri Said sought British support.

Alan Wilson indicated the more balanced natural conditions of the Kingdom of Iraq, though not explicitly, the implication being that Egypt’s leadership was still debatable.

Sir Barron of course vetoed, in the presence of the King of Egypt, such voices about supporting Iraq. This then ended the summary.

Of course it wasn’t the end, the meeting wasn’t over yet, and the two men left the meeting to watch Egyptian public opinion.

On the next day, in fact the last day of this Arab League meeting, Allen Wilson formalized a more complete proposal, spending a long time recounting the Kingdom of Iraq’s data on land and oil resources and military strength. A last chance for the Kingdom of Iraq.

Simply put, it’s a double talker, Egypt can be the lector and Iraq can be the big D. A society can have two talkers, and it’s more in keeping with the times.

But Sir Baron, who had already signed the statement of Egypt’s renunciation of the right to rule the Sudan with Farouk I, naturally used the population is everything, and Egypt was the largest in volume among the Arab League, stating that regardless of whether it was Iraq, Syria, or Saudi Arabia, the population was about the same. Only a fraction of Egypt justifies maintaining the original attitude.

“Countries have different opinions is very normal, we seek common ground. But some countries and British representatives exchanging opinions in private, it is best not to be happening.”

Sir Baron’s gaze did not look at any one person, not salty and pulling some kind of unity words.

His statement formalized the bankruptcy of the dual-talker vision for the Kingdom of Iraq and Egypt to lead the Arab League together, from having the Kingdom of Iraq replace Egypt in the early part of the conference to the later part of the conference. Sir Barron’s strong support for Egypt’s huge role in the Arab League ended the argument.